 | | Report (issue) | | VARIEGATED MARBLE SOUTHEAST OF CALERA, SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA. By CHARLES BUTTS. About 3£ miles a little...body of marble could be obtained in an open-cut quarry, but ultimately the rock would have to be mined... SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES ON THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF MASSACHUSETTS. By T. NELSON DALE. INTRODUCTION. The granites..."granites" here described, as well as the others of Massachusetts described in Bulletin 354, are commercially...crushed stone have been excluded, but the felsite quarry of Revere has been included, although it is not |  | | Report (volume) | | ___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...granite and finished product Continued. Washington County _____________________ 121 Barre and Williamstown________________...______ Windham County ___. .________ ± ________ Dummerston___ ____ ____________ Windsor County __._.____________________...granite and finished product___'.___ 164 Carroll County ___________ ______________ 164 Con way ______ |  | | Field Trip Notes | | formation on the west and the highly deformed Snake Hill shale or slate on the east (all Middle Ordovician);...is lost in a wide expanse of Canajoharie or Snake Hill shale covered by late-glacial lake and marine clay...under stratigraphically higher shale (the Snake Hill shale), also highly deformed, which forms most of...Taconic mass of slate comes to an end at Government Hill in Sudbury town, 5 miles west of Brandon, Vermont...belt. South of Fort Ann, New York (C3), the Snake Hill shale covers the carbonate rocks; it consists of |  | | Book | | MASSACHUSETTS MINERALAND FOSSIL LOCALITIES Compiled by Peter P. Gleba 'I!~·· . \. i r,'"--""'4' I...publication. Peter P. Gleba December 2008 Quincy, Massachusetts Member Boston Mineral Club Reprinted by permission...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. Calculating it another way, [Peter Gleba] said...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. It has access, it has convenience, it has exposure...window of his car as he passed west of the Massachusetts state lottery offices and saw a spreading rust |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | minerals as arsenopyrite, wolframite-ferberite, apatite, topaz, or scheelite-are actively sought by collectors...found at the Martin prospect and Bennett quarry in Oxford County. Good crystals up to 25 mm have been found...tourmaline at Chesterfield and other nearby sites in Massachusetts (Emerson 1895). Cassiterite has been reported...in crystals up to 1 cm at the Gillette quarry, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Cassiterite as small crystalline...Conway Granite north of Moat Mountain, Carroll County, New Hampshire. Good cassiterite specimens, a few |  | | Report (issue) | | Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Massachusetts ....... 34 Table 7 Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of eastern Massachusetts.........................36 Figure 9. Uranium...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of western Massachusetts.........................37 Figure 10. Uranium...deposit occurs as a thin seam in graphitic Cleburne County. The property is, about 11.2 SINE phyllite which...1969; Ui radioactivity is 5 to 7 times background. Hill copper mine. RM 1968. Source ol informal Phyllite |  | | Book | | Department of Geology Boston University Boston, Massachusetts 02215 to; PREFACE In 1966, John Rodgers...Davis in the Connecticut Valley of western Massachusetts, and gradually extended itself. oo over New...Brown University The Foxboro Co., Foxborough, Massachusetts Geography, University of Toronto U. S. G, S...Boston State College Botany, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Marine Sciences, Virginia Institute...Marine Sciences University of Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts Geology, University of California, Los Angeles |  | | Report (issue) | | Radlometrlc Age Data Bank (RADB) of Rocks from Massachusetts by Robert E. Zartman and Richard F. Marvin...Radlometrlc Age Data Bank (RADB) of Rocks from Massachusetts Robert E. Zartman and Richard F. Marvln This...contains the records of radlometrlc ages for Massachusetts from the Radlometrlc Age Data Bank of the U...portrayed on a new bedrock geologic map of Massachusetts (Zen, 1983). The compilation Is believed to...they appear on the Bedrock Geologic Map of Massachusetts (Zen, 1983). Steiger, R. H., and Jager, E. |  | | Report (volume) | | North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology of the land area of the Boston 2° sheet, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and 10- New Hampshire... 16 17 18 U. S. Geological Survey Boston, Massachusetts 19 ,U. S. Geological Survey* OPEN FILE REPORT...GEOLOGY OF THE LAND AREA OF THE BOSTON 2° SHEET, MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT, RHODE ISLAND AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...muscovite; accessory minerals are 13 magnetite, apatite, garnet, fluorite, sphene, and zircon; secondary...Milford Granite from the Milford quadrangle, Massachusetts, yielded 19 a 620 + 15 my,Precambrian,zircon |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | publisher. Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical...greater variety of minerals are found in Oxford County, alone, than anywhere else on Earth of comparable...than Maine's, as well. An area smaller than Oxford County in Murmansk Ob last, Kola Peninsula, Russia, has...clear to slightly blue topazes. However, San Diego County, California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite...Gerais, Brazil, better than those from the Harvard quarry in Greenwood? Are the morganites of Cerro de Urucum |  | | Report (volume) | | Geology of the Chepachet Quadrangle Providence County Rhode Island By ALONZO W. QUINN CONTRIBUTIONS...geologic map of the Chepachet quadrangle, Providence County, Rhode Island____-_____________._____ In pocket...__________________ 5. Modes of Scituate Granite Gneiss of Snake Hill.____________ Page Gil 14 18 20 20 CONTRIBUTIONS...GEOLOGY OF THE CHEPACHET QUADRANGLE PROVIDENCE COUNTY, RHODE ISLAND By ALONZO W. QUINN ABSTRACT Tbe...smooth hills, such as Wolf Hill, Sprague Hill, Durfee Hill, and Tourtellotte Hill. There are a few swampy |  | | Report (volume) | | .......................................... Massachusetts...............:...............................Albany. North Carolina_.Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota_.Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks. Mr...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.; |  | | Report (issue) | | Bedrock Geoloqy of the Nashua River Area, Massachusetts - New Hampshire By Gilpin Rile Robinson, Jr...Merrimack Synclinorium and Bronson Hill Anticlinorium of Vermont and Massachusetts. Deformation D2 produced subhorizontal...ALUMINOUS SCHIST OAKDALE FM, AND MERRIMACK FM, TOWER HILL QUARTZITE WORCESTER FM, Figure 1. PROPOSED STRATIGRAPHIC...Merrimack Synclinorium and Bronson Hill Anticlinorium of Vermont and Massachusetts. Deformation D2 produced subhorizontal...thrusting and deformation associated with the Honey Hill-Lake Char thrust system in the Merrimack Sync!inoriurn |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OCTOBER 1950 STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE OAK HILL SUCCESSION IN VERMONT BY VERNE H. BOOTH CONTENTS...Stratigraphy Introduction General correlation Tibbit Hill schist Pinnacle formation White Brook dolomite West...Thrust faults 1160 General statement 1160 Brigham Hill thrust 1160 Hinesburg thrust 1161 Arrowhead thrust...Fairfield Pond thrust 1163 Klippen west of the Oak Hill escarpment. 1164 Minor thrusts 1166 Mechanics...the sediNorth of the Winooski River, Vermont, the Oak ments and also that the sea was encroaching westHill |  | | Book (volume) | | ........ 83 The History of Lord Hill, Black Mountain, Mount Apatite, and Nathaniel H. Perry . .........Duane L. Leavitt The Bennett Pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine . ........................................of Geology at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. He began teaching there in 1931 and he retired...permanent photographic exhibits in the northeastern USA. The Shaubs have been active in ornithological research...gratefully dedicated. Gene Foard (right) at Swamp #1 quarry, Topsham. Gene Foard speaking with Frank Perham |  | | Report (volume) | | OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON....................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro...member........................... Northeastern Massachusetts..................................... General..................................... Western Massachusetts...............................................district............................. Eastern Massachusetts............................................ |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville Quarry chalcedony, jasper...jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...cuts, cut banks, breaks, draws and washes, gullies, hill slopes, etc.chalcedony roses, Celestite crystals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the mountain, for 3 miles. The gravel road is a county road, usually fair except after heavy rains. At...fluffy mass in a vial). The sample came from the Oak Hill mines of Santa Clara Co., Calif. The following...the N. W . part of Dade County, Fla., due west of Miami and near the Monroe County line. Among the samples...Geological Survey recently by Dean H. Baxter, Marble Hill Hotel, Rockmart, Georgia. These specimens are completely...Lots 612 580 and 649, 19th District of Paulding County."—Spring 1954 issue, page 48. IDAHO—"I am sending |  | | Report (issue) | | Assistant Geologist. Professor of Geology, Massachusetts Agricultural College. E. J. Fovus, Field Assistant... ALTITUDES IN VERMONT, /GEOLOGY OF GRAND ISLE COUNTY, THE OLDEST CORAL REEF, P. E. TERRANES OF BETHEL................................... 93 Vu—Granite Quarry, Bethel .................................... 95...as from these maps the altitude, of any mountain, hill, town, etc., which is within the limit of these...some further account of the Geology of Grand Isle County. Following this is an inter esting study of an |  | | Report (issue) | | . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ...... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 9 ALLEGHANI COUNTY 1± Manganese ....... f 11 Barite , 11 Copper . 11 ASHE COUNTY. . . . Copper...Staurolite AVERY COUNTY . . ......... 13 13 13 . 13 Iron and Epidote BUNCOMBE COUNTY Garnet ...........13 Moonstone and Associated Minerals 15 BURKE COUNTY 15 Corundijin 15 Itacolumite 15 Toiirmaline...Amethyst f . , 4 .18 CABARRUS COUNTY 18 Minerals of the Cabarms County Mines 18 CALDWELL COUNT! 18 Pyrite |  | | Report (volume) | | and grain...................................... Quarry site.............................................76 . Cumberland County.......................................... 76 Franklin County.......................... Hancock County............................................. Kennebec County .........;.................. Knox County................................................. Lincoln County ........................ Oxford County............................................... Penobscot County............... |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Calcite 8. Topaz 4. Fluorite 9. Corundum 5. Apatite 1. 10. Diamond HOWTO IDENTIFY Sets of pencils...hard as calcite. A pocketknife blade will scratch apatite easily and feldspar with difficulty but not jade...at right angles to the other three. Quartz and apatite, with their six-faced pyramid terminations, and...FORMS AND HABITS rfgk -tI I I 3 ^$7 "c APATITE AZURITE BERYL CHIASTOLITE L_V FELDSPAR EMERALD |
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